Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:
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Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:
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And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
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And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle: 'This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded Moses:
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Passages linked to Numbers 31:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 30:16 These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, contained in the law.
Or, contained in the law.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh…
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day,.... As the leper did, Lev 14:9,
and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp; into the camp of Israel, into the camp of the Levites, and into the camp of God, the tabernacle.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21–24. Further injunctions given by Eleazar, drawing a distinction…
21–24. Further injunctions given by Eleazar, drawing a distinction between objects which could not stand purification by fire, and metals which could.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Eleazar the priest said, This is the ordinance…
And Eleazar the priest said, This is the ordinance of the law (hrwOTh tQju, "law-statute, as in Num_19:2) which the Lord commanded Moses. There is something peculiar in this expression which points to the probability, either that this paragraph (verses 21-24) was added after the death of Moses, or that "the law was already beginning, even in the lifetime of Moses, to assume the position which it after. wards held that, viz., of a fixed code to be interpreted and applied by the living authority of the priesthood. This is the earliest instance of the high priest declaring to the people what the law of God as delivered to Moses was, and then applying and enlarging that law to meet the present circumstances. It is no doubt possible that Eleazar referred the matter to Moses, but it would seem on the face of the narrative that he spoke on his own authority as high priest. When we compare the ceremonial of the later Jews, so precisely and minutely ordered for every conceivable contingency, with the Mosaic legislation itself, it is evident that the process of authoritative amplification must have been going on from the first; but it is certainly strange to find that process begun while Moses himself was alive and active.
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Eleazar teaches the soldiers the customs of becoming ceremonially clean before Yahweh after going to war.
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gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead
metals that were used during that time period
that resists fire
"that will not burn"
put it through the fire
"put it into the fire"
water of cleansing
This refers to water that someone has mixed with ashes from a sin offering. See: Numbers 19:17-19.
then you will become clean
These are the customs of becoming ceremonially clean before Yahweh.
translationWords
Eleazar
decree
law, laws
Moses
gold
silver
bronze
clean
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